TREK TO YOMI (DELUXE DOUBLE VINYL) - SIGNED

• Signed by composer Cody Matthew JOhnson
• "Swirling storm" discs
• 31 specially mastered tracks from the Trek to Yomi (Original Soundtrack) album
• Deluxe double gatefold
• Artwork by Flying Wild Hog
• Printed insert with complete music credits

Flying Wild Hog, Devolver Digital and Laced Records have sheathed their blades and formed a blood pact to deliver Trek to Yomi’s samurai-slashing soundtrack onto vinyl.

The double LP sports luxuriant ‘swirling storm’ vinyl that slip into a deluxe double gatefold sleeve, with artwork by the Flying Wild Hog team. The album features 31 tracks specially mastered for vinyl and pressed onto heavyweight LPs.

Cody Matthew Johnson and Yoko Honda were deadly serious about the authenticity of the soundtrack, aiming to sonically and spiritually transport players to feudal Japan during the Edo period and beyond, into the depths of Yomi, the land of the dead. While they studied the film music of Fumio Hayasaka — Akira Kurosawa’s regular collaborator — they chose not to emulate Hayasaka’s orchestral approach. Instead they limited themselves in several ways: to the use of period-appropriate instruments such as the shakuhachi, shamisen, biwa, and taiko drums; to certain scales and the musicality of the Edo period; and they especially leaned on the palette of Gagaku, the Japanese classical style, to capture the abstract and transcendent sound of Yomi.

While Johnson used his sound design skills to twist and layer exquisitely hi-fi live recordings of traditional Japanese musicians to create a thicker atmosphere where appropriate, no synthesized elements snuck into the score. The result is an intense, soulful and vibrant album that is, as Honda puts it, “deeply connected to Japanese culture and its magical and anomalous roots.

Please note that each vinyl is unique and the colors may appear slightly different from the image displayed. All images are mock-ups.

DISC 1

Side A
1. Chapter 1: The Path That Lies Ahead
2. Sakura Fubuki
3. Kagerou, The Bandit
4. Ishi Wo Tsugu Mono
5. Chapter 2: Like Water Blood Flows
6. Sadatame, The General
7. Chapter 3: The Promises We Can’t Keep
8. Dancing Blades

Side B
1.Bodies Blowing in the Wind
2. Uchū
3. Déjà Vu
4.Chapter 4: Love Everlasting
5. Pestilience
6. The Way Down is the Way Back
7. Aiko, Loveless
8. Spirited Forest

DISC 2

Side A
1. Chapter 5: Father Belongs to Yomi
2. Sanjuro, Duty Betrayed
3. Isshou Kenmei
4. Between Life and Death
5. Chapter 6: Sun and Moon
6. Malevolent Spirits
7. Michi Shirube

Side B
1. Ara-Mitama, Fury Unbound
2. Chapter 7: The Perfect Light
3. Gauntlet of Fire
4. A Second Dance with Death
5.Kagerou, Demon Reborn
6. Tōryanse
7. Shin Gi Ittai8. Honor is a Crutch